diff --git a/frigate/events/audio.py b/frigate/events/audio.py
index f9d45ea35..c17284496 100644
--- a/frigate/events/audio.py
+++ b/frigate/events/audio.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import logging
 import multiprocessing as mp
 import numpy as np
+import os
 import signal
 import subprocess as sp
 import threading
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ from frigate.const import (
     AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE,
     CACHE_DIR,
 )
+from frigate.ffmpeg_presets import parse_preset_input
 from frigate.object_detection import load_labels
-from frigate.util import listen
+from frigate.util import get_ffmpeg_arg_list, listen
 
 try:
     from tflite_runtime.interpreter import Interpreter
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 FFMPEG_COMMAND = (
-    f"ffmpeg -vn -i {{}} -f {AUDIO_FORMAT} -ar {AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE} -ac 1 -y {{}}"
+    f"ffmpeg -vn {{}} -i {{}} -f {AUDIO_FORMAT} -ar {AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE} -ac 1 -y {{}}"
 )
 
 
@@ -49,10 +51,10 @@ def listen_to_audio(config: FrigateConfig, event_queue: mp.Queue) -> None:
 
     for camera in config.cameras.values():
         if camera.enabled and camera.audio.enabled:
-            AudioEventMaintainer(camera, stop_event)
+            AudioEventMaintainer(camera, stop_event).start()
 
 
-class AudioTfl():
+class AudioTfl:
     def __init__(self):
         self.labels = load_labels("/audio-labelmap.txt")
         self.interpreter = Interpreter(
@@ -117,10 +119,11 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self.shape = (int(round(AUDIO_DURATION * AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE)),)
         self.chunk_size = int(round(AUDIO_DURATION * AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE * 2))
         self.pipe = f"{CACHE_DIR}/{self.config.name}-audio"
-        self.ffmpeg_command = FFMPEG_COMMAND.format(
+        self.ffmpeg_command = get_ffmpeg_arg_list(FFMPEG_COMMAND.format(
+            " ".join(parse_preset_input(self.config.ffmpeg.input_args, 1)),
             [i.path for i in self.config.ffmpeg.inputs if "audio" in i.roles][0],
             self.pipe,
-        )
+        ))
         self.pipe_file = None
         self.audio_listener = None
 
@@ -137,10 +140,18 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
 
     def init_ffmpeg(self) -> None:
         logger.error(f"Starting audio ffmpeg")
-        self.pipe_file = open(self.pipe, "rb")
+
+        try:
+            os.mkfifo(self.pipe)
+        except FileExistsError:
+            pass
+
         self.audio_listener = sp.run(self.ffmpeg_command)
 
     def read_audio(self) -> None:
+        if self.pipe_file is None:
+            self.pipe_file = open(self.pipe, "rb")
+
         try:
             audio = self.pipe_file.read(self.chunk_size)
             self.detect_audio(audio)